Hello all in today’s blog post I am going to cover a few pioneers who work on electric fish and what sort of research they are doing! You can’t talk about electric fish research unless you talk about Dr. Carl…
Category: Electric Fish
Neuroethology of electric fish and how global climate change may effect them.
The Shape of Water
Hello all welcome back to the blog! In today’s blog I will be talking about mating behaviors in electric fish and how climate change may affect breeding success in these species. Mating behaviors can involve many different types of social…
To Eat or Not to Eat
Hello all I am very excited to introduce you all to prey capture in electric fish and how climate change may affect identification and response time when capturing prey. Many species of both strong and weakly electric fish relay…
Where art thou?
Navigation is vital to the survival of many of the world’s creatures. Most animals possess multiple sensory systems to assist them in navigating the world (Schumancher et al. 2017). Electric fish are no exception to this rule. Navigation, like communication,…
Can you Hear me Now???
Communication is key, and to this rule electric fish are no exception. In the last post I briefly defined what communication is in terms of a signaler and a receiver I also touched on why communication is important due to…
Introduction of Electric Fish
This blog post is going to give you a foundation on what an electric fish is and how their special sensory organs works to allow these organisms to thrive in their environment. There are two different types of electric fish:…